Dogs' behaviour could turn people off

Ms Chant said prior to the audio book program, the dogs would display heightened behaviour when people visited the shelter.

"It's quite confronting when you walk into the shelter and you hear all these dogs barking at you," she said.

"Some of the dogs can even jump up the sides of the pens. It's very confronting if you are not a person who is used to working in rescue and seeing that kind of thing … it's pretty normal behaviour for the dog because they are in an incredibly stressful environment.

"Part of it is to make it a much more relaxed environment for the people coming into the shelter and for the dogs themselves. It's our aim that we see more adoptions from our shelter and we see more people come to our shelter."